Compliance 411 is a quarterly newsletter published by the University Compliance Office. We welcome suggestions and feedback from the UAB community. Please e-mail compliance@uab.edu to contact us or join the newsletter distribution list.

This issue will focus on the personal responsibility of UAB faculty and staff to acknowledge and appropriately manage conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment. Topics include compliance with Alabama Ethics Law and related UAB policies; requirements for professional service outside of UAB employment; and other subjects such as appropriate records management, UAB’s proposed policy on closed-circuit television cameras, and when to apply export controls.

Key topics are the fostering of a strong ethical culture and promotion of mutual trust and public confidence through collaborative work of the University Compliance Office with its partners across the University; schools' Executive Risk Oversight Committees (EROCs); shared governance in policy development; intellectual property and what you need to know; the UAB Enterprise Code of Conduct standard of compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies; and transparency in support of an ethical institutional culture.

Key topics are UAB's core values of equity and inclusion and all UAB community members' obligation to treat individuals with respect. Specifically, the July Compliance 411 focuses on UAB's Disability Support Services, Title IX Office, AWARE Program (for employees with disabilities), Title IX Sexual Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures, and Bias Incident Response Team.

Key topics are the personal responsibility of all UAB community members to raise ethical concerns, the various avenues for reporting such issues, and UAB's prohibition against retaliation against anyone doing so in good faith.

Key topics are UAB’s Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Team, Safety Measures Required by the Jeanne Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act, Violence Prevention and Response Policy, UAB Emergency Management Update, the Protection of Children at UAB, Safety Abroad and the Importance of UAB’s Travel Registration Process, and a reminder about the new required Effort Reporting Training.

Key topics are responsible conduct of research and research integrity; new Recertification of Effort Form and process; a profile of Research Integrity Officer Pam Bounelis, PhD; defining fabrication, falsification and plagiarism; new research data management requirements; and the new chemical inventory system.

Key topics are State of Alabama Ethics Law and Ethics Commission Statement of Economic Interests, export control, disclosing financial interests, acknowledging and appropriately managing conflicts of interest, and Open Payments Law (formerly known as Physician's Sunshine Act).

Key topics are effort reporting basics, State of Alabama ethics law, recent government actions resulting from grant audits, an interview with University Compliance Officer Teresa Bragg, and safeguarding and accurately accounting for UAB resources.